Carolina Herrera Good Girl & Bad Boy Fragrance Giveaway
Fashion label Carolina Herrera’s tagline may be “It feels so good to be bad”. They may want to edit it to say it also smells good to be bad. That’s because the brand has just launched a complementary men’s fragrance to its Good Girl franchise called Bad Boy. It’s a fresh spicy-ambery scent with notes of black and white pepper, bergamot, tonka bean, cocoa and amber wood. The fragrance was created by perfumers Quentin Bisch and Louise Turner, the pair behind the global smash Good Girl – a scent that has recently cracked the top 5 worldwide.
“We wanted to push the boundaries and create something new,” explains Carolina Herrera. “Most men’s fragrances today are fougeres. So we set out to reimagine it by pairing roasted tonka bean with clary sage. It is fresh yet still incredibly sexy.”
She says that when they were developing the Good Girl fragrance, the team tried over 600 different styles of shoes for the bottle shape. “We tried sneakers, ballerina flats, prostitute shoes…everything. Finally we came to the stiletto and we knew it was right for the project. For the men’s version, we asked ourselves, should we have a bottle shaped as a motorcycle helmet, boat, motorcycle, or a car? But we wanted something that was more symbolic.” Enter the lightening bolt. From the ancient Greeks to modern superhero films, the lightening bolt is iconic.
But making a lightening bolt fragrance bottle turned out to be a bigger challenge that first imagined. Most glass bottles are dropped and blown into a round shape. This bottle had to be dropped into a mold, turned upside down, then turned upside down again. More than 25% of the prototypes had to be recycled. It took months to perfect.
The Good Girl stiletto flacon took more than two years to create. It too was a technical challenge of mammoth proportions. It had to balance perfectly on the gold heel. Not surprisingly it was an immediate hit with fashionistas around the globe. The ambery-floral scent blended notes of almond, coffee, bergamot, tuberose, jasmine sambac, orris, orange blossom, Bulgarian rose, tonka bean, cacao, vanilla, praline, sandalwood, amber, musk, cinnamon and patchouli. It’s a complex blend of notes.
Initial response to Bad Boy has been very strong. The fragrance is already ranking in the top 20 in the United States and in the top 10 in the U.K. with more countries launching this spring. It looks like Carolina Herrera has another hit on her hands.
THE GIVEAWAY: I gave away a Carolina Herrera Good Girl & Bad Boy fragrance duo to one lucky ready. To enter, I asked readers to tell me in a blog post comment below how they’d rate the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design on a scale of 1 to 10. Franca from Canada told us and we drew her name from all entries. Congrats Franca!
Carolina Herrera Bad Boy is available in Canada at select Shoppers Drug Mart and Hudson’s Bay stores.
738 Comments
Julie MacKinnon
May 2, 2021 at 11:54 amI would give the bottle design a 10. Very unique and chic design! My Twitter is: jmackinnon5
Julie MacKinnon
May 2, 2021 at 11:58 am@jmackinnon5
Joo Dee
May 2, 2021 at 11:44 am9/10 very nice indeed
JANET EMPSON
May 2, 2021 at 11:00 amgreat so different loved it 10!!
Lisa Grabham
May 2, 2021 at 10:12 amIts uniquely brilliant! (A bit like Dave 😉 Love the beautiful sleek black enamel look bottle and the gold trim and monogram initials. Definitely a keeper and something to admire even when it’s been used all up! Joyous!
@lisa131067
Susan Chafer
May 2, 2021 at 9:17 amI’d give it a 10. It’s different to anything I’ve ever seen before
Steven S
May 2, 2021 at 8:18 am9/10 according to my wife!
Sarah Gardiner
May 2, 2021 at 8:17 amGreat design. I would give it a 10.
PAMELA HAMBY
May 2, 2021 at 7:47 amloving the design very chiqu and refined 🙂
Anna-Maria Tuckey
May 2, 2021 at 6:04 amGreat design would love to try it
Alison K
May 2, 2021 at 4:05 amI’d rate the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design on a scale of 1 to 10, as a 7 for it’s simplicity & elegance but I’m not fond of it’s thickness. @SoulSeeker0
claire woods
May 2, 2021 at 4:00 am9/10. It’s stylish.
Gary Wilson
May 2, 2021 at 2:12 amI haven’t smelt it yet but have liked previous Carolina Herrera fragrances.
Nicola
May 2, 2021 at 1:56 amMy husband did not like it but my teenager did! We give it a 8
Kat
May 1, 2021 at 6:32 pm8/10. I’m all for statement bottles but it just looks a bit naff to me. But compared to the shoe its a design triumph…
Rachelle Barrett
May 1, 2021 at 5:56 pmDefinitely a 10, really striking @rochbarett
Denise
May 1, 2021 at 5:14 pmEye catching and absolutely stunning, love it
Carly Louise Utting
May 2, 2021 at 3:36 amI haven’t smelt it yet although the good girl range is beautiful so i am sure it will be lovely, the lightening bolt design is really cool, edgy and different so it stands out and i will rate it a 10/10.
Katie
May 1, 2021 at 5:08 pm10! @ktcoventry
Iain maciver
May 1, 2021 at 4:57 pm10
Craig L
May 1, 2021 at 4:41 pm10
Hilary Atkins
May 1, 2021 at 4:39 pmIt will be as iconic as the ‘Good Girl’ high heel.
Carol Gardner
May 1, 2021 at 4:18 pmUtterly stunning 😍✨@78nice1
Emma Dormer
May 1, 2021 at 4:05 pmMost definitely a 10! I absolutely love the design.
Nikki Maffia
May 1, 2021 at 4:01 pmWithout doubt a 10 x I love how classy they look and can see his and hers in place on my glass dressing table. Absolutely beautiful x
Nina Motylinski-Davies
May 1, 2021 at 3:32 pmOh definitely a 10! It’s so unique!
KRYSTAL CUNNINGHAM
May 1, 2021 at 3:11 pmIt’s a 10 from me! The design is a bold and creative statement, love it! @krystallouise7